diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 5aac9e4dd136caf4df2aed24e3eace9f0cfcfa19..c2fb70d0286ffe9dd613b51b51f6792ce535cc4a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ static __init int mce_init_device(void)
 	if (!mce_available(&boot_cpu_data))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	alloc_cpumask_var(&mce_dev_initialized, GFP_KERNEL);
+	zalloc_cpumask_var(&mce_dev_initialized, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	err = mce_init_banks();
 	if (err)